The 2015

Rostelecom Cup The Rostelecom Cup (russian: Кубок Ростелекома), formerly the Cup of Russia (russian: Кубок России), is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating ser ...

was the fifth event of six in the

2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating The 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior invitational internationals which ran from October 23 to December 13, 2015. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice danc ...

, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the

Luzhniki Small Sports Arena The Luzhniki Small Sports Arena (formerly, the Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium; russian: Малая спортивная арена Лужники) is an 8,700-seat indoor arena that is part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex in Moscow, Russi ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

on November 20–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

Changes to initial lineup

* On September 14,

Adelina Sotnikova Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (russian: link=no, Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова ; born 1 July 1996) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, ...

Natalja Zabijako Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabiiako (russian: Наталья Александровна Забияко, born 15 August 1994) is a Russian-Estonian competitive pair skater. Competing for Russia with Alexander Enbert, she was the 2019 World bronze me ...

Alexander Enbert Alexander Yuryevich Enbert (russian: Александр Юрьевич Энберт; born 17 April 1989) is a Russian retired pair skater. With Natalya Zabiyako, he was the 2019 World bronze medalist, 2018 European bronze medalist, 2018 Grand ...

, and

Victoria Sinitsina Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silve ...

Nikita Katsalapov Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov (russian: Никита Геннадьевич Кацалапов; born 10 July 1991) is a Russian ice dancer. With Victoria Sinitsina, he is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silver medalis ...

were added as a host picks. * On October 16,

Sara Hurtado Sara Hurtado Martín (born 3 November 1992) is a Spanish retired ice dancer. Initially rising to prominence on the international scene partnered with Adrián Díaz, the duo won six senior international medals and five Spanish national titles, an ...

Adrià Díaz Adrià is a Catalan masculine given name, related to the English Adrian or Hadrian. It may refer to: Given named * Adrià Arjona (born 1996), Spanish footballer * Adrià Carmona (born 1992), Spanish professional footballer *Adrià Collado (born 1 ...

were removed from the roster. It was announced that the couple had split. On October 26, their replacement was announced as

Viktoria Kavaliova Viktoria Uladzimirauna Kavaliova (born 9 July 1994) is a Belarusian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Yurii Bieliaiev, she has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series and two national titles. They have competed in the final segment ...

Yurii Bieliaiev Yurii Bieliaiev (born 4 November 1992) is a Belarusian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Viktoria Kavaliova, he has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series and two national titles. They have competed in the final segment at four IS ...

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

2015 Rostelecom Cup
at the International Skating Union

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